Bead-sewing machine.



J. A. GRUEBLI. l BEAD SEWING MACHINE.' APPLICATION I'LED JULY 11,1911.

Patented Oct. 22, 1912.

` j To all rwhom 'tt concerzk A' of the` city, county',

.rosnrn A.' esonera, or NEW YORK, n. Y.

Be it known'that I, JOSEPH A. GRoEBLI, a citizen of the-United States, and a resident and'State of New York, haver iiivented aV certain new and useful Bead-SewingMachine, of which the followingis a specificationi 'i y invention-relates to anew sewing maf i chine'j adapted to attach small'art-icles such Strung i "thread was wound spirally aroundthe beads tachment and in this as beads to .a fabric; ing beads to fabric, thebeads were first l`upon a thread and then a second and first thread, the purpose of the second thread being to space the beads apart. This simply prepared the string of vbeads for atcondition the string of eads was used in connection withfa zigzag sewing machine which. latter secured the string to a fabric by forming stitches over the bead threads. i There were' othermethods employed but I cite this as it is'thebest i method used up to the time of my present inuch inferior under my invention. 'The fabric supplied with a beaded'decoration in this manner was itself tothe product made possible invention, because `the beads were i' not very regularly v,spaced apart and owing effect.

threads the various threads used they did not lie in a. position to give the most desirable And again the use of additional detracted fromI the appearance `of the decoration. Aside'from these inherent disadvantages, the cost of the decoration was because theibeads not only naturally greater,

on thefrst -or primary had to be strung thread, but thesecond or spacing thread,has

lt9 be'wound'aroundthe beads before they were readyto be attached tothe fabric, andthe attaching had to be done ona machine which, because very .carefully of its peculiar operation wasnot a fast machine; and the threado'ff the machine tended to' pass over vthe beads themselves, instead of! around the holding string, between the beads.

The object of my present uinvention is to v"construct a machine which `will produce a more artistic and'v n pleasi 'product' reduce and, simp1ify theV 'ng operatlon, and increase speedofmanufacturing as well as redue the cost thereof I accom, l

ya novel manner' b maingtthe machine for. apnlyleg the .bca

ish these resultsin gaa-that they manhatt- I' Specification of LettersPatent. Application. med July 11, 1911..

l.avoiding the use of 'thread above referred to,

Heretofore, in attachface of simple yiaa'tend oet. 22,1912. serial No. 638,015.

tached to t-he fabric on which they are originally strung,- thereby the second as well as the separate sewing thread. At the same time Il make it possible to. manufacture a. product of better appearance. I accomplish this by spacing the beads lon their original thread, as they are att-ached by the inthe full embodiment of my invention I not only space the beads, but vI do so in such a way that the stitching mechanism of the machine will form a lstitch `between each bead, and a succeeding beadof `the very thread on which the beads are strung. This eliminates tw'o of the threads heretofore used. Furthermore, asl Athe stitches are formed of the thread on which the beads are strung, and between the bea-ds, the latter are properly and regularlyspaced apart, and

they are caused to lie 1n -a very pleasing manner upon the .fabric 'to` give thev most brilliant `and desirable effect. There is' no possibility of a.' thread coming over thesurthe bead. I preferably employ a nection with the stitching-mechanism so that the beads stitching operation upon and I have shown in the present example of my invention, this separating device arranged, wherev the looper of the stitching mechanism willL coperate with the'separator, to feed the beads'. y

In the drawings forminga part of this by means of the thread f machine and spacing or separating 'device 1n conwill be fed in relation to the,

theirown thread',

or spacing f application Figure l, is an elevation, with parts shown in section, of a machine embodying my invention in the preferred form, FignQ, is a cross section showing the stitchvation of the looper and' separator showing the parts in one position, and Figs. 4, and 5, are a plan and'inverted| of the separator.

y improvements only affect a small part ofthe complete sewing machine, and canbe utilized upon machines `now in use, vbut I have shown hereinia lsewing machine lcon'- structed withv more particular regard to the application thereto ofmyinvention.

plan respectively r ingand separating devices,fFig. 3, is an elehave shown a"sew1ng'nachine con- -structed on a 'frame 1, from which depends 'standards-2rdywhich are connected by a shown an eccentric travels in feeding to the stitching mechalooperl .side of l longitudinal member ing shaft, 5, which is shown fing so more clearly. It Will suffice lto say that the 4. The standards and connection 4, form a support for an operatjournaled therein; The shaft 5, is preferably the main shaft of the machine, and it is provided with va pulley 6, by which it receives its 'operating feed may be of wellknown formjand be disposed in the usual position relative 'to' the stitching elements.

-,U pon.- a standard 15,v I have provided the arms'gl6, and 17,', the former for supporting a"..r.eel' i18, on which the string of beads is wonndf and the latter for supporting a roller.' 19, Aover `which the string of beads I have shown the needle or hook disposed l below-the bed plate and the looper above,

feed the beads from the since I prefer to the fabric. Depending from the frame 1, is a lateral arms 21, and 22, WhichI guide the reciprocating needle shaft 23. The Inovement is imparted to the needle shaft from the main shaft 5, through a pin 24, on al disk 25, which pin is connected by a link 26, with a pin 27, on the needle shaft. The

- needle shaft is therefore reciprocated in its ving it therein.

bearings inthe usual manner. The needle 28, or more correctly, -in the present illustration the hook is secured to the needle shaft in any desired way, as by screw thread- The particular manner of attaching the needle to the needle shaft can be varied, and it is Well understood in the art. The needle itself is here shown as having a hook 29, on its upper end for engaging the thread, and it travels through a nipple 3(7), attached to the under side of the work support.

On the main shaft 5, I have shown an eccentric 31, operating upon a st-rap 32, to reciprocate av rod 33, and the latter 'in turn rocks a bellv crank lever 34, which is shown mounted onalstudf. To one arm of this bell crank lever 'is fulrilmed a rod 36, which operates the looperl" :The-looper is arranged to oscillate inside a casing 37, which' l.forms a bearing therefor and this casing isarranged to hold the looper above Athe needle. The body 38, vof the. looper is. provided herein with threads 39, which are intended to move freely of the casing, but are .engaged by;i the threads 40, of sleeye.:41,i.wh1ch freely.

'around the. roller 19;

looper and fabric head 20, providedI with erably-flat. This plate is plate 49, is preferably ofcircular formation upon its end,

is secured upon the end of the rod 3G, and reciprocates` with the latter. The block 41, reciprocates in a socket 42inthe casingf,l at right angles Vto the looper body, and the engagement of the threads 40', v with the 7,.)

threads 39, on the body of the looper, causes the sleeve 41, to oscillate the looper.. The

particular character of device for 'operating the looper is not material to the present 111-, vention and as one Well known in the art. n

The looper is provided With a collar 43, which is `secured thereto above the casing, and with an integral collar 44, nearl the bottom which collars secure the looper in '80 its casing, but allows the looper tov revolve lThe looper itself may be variously formed, but I prefer to use the simplest construction and I have therefore shown a sim- .ple'tube 45, Vextending oif the center line of '85 the looper body and runningfrom the -bottom of the latter." Tl1is tube has a bore 46, which communicates With the bore 4T, through the middle of the looper body. The 3 string of beads 4S, passesfrcm the reel 1S, 90

o passes through the bore of the looper-body, emergingfrom the end of the tube 45, at some distance from the central line of thelooper and from'there to the fabric, preferably intermediate the I arrange a novel device for separating the 'beads upon'theirthread so that they feed in regula-r order along their thread and in certain relation to the stitching-elements. l -v In Figs. 4 `and 5, I have shown separate views of the device forv this purpose, disconnected 'from the machine. A It'vvill be observed thatthere is a plate 49, Which isA prefto be secured preferably to the casing 37 by means of 4' a f bracket 50, -Which'is secured to the plate 49, i by the screws 51, and which is itself secured to the casing by means ofscrews 52. On

the-under sideof the plate 49, I have pro- 110 vided a t'ongue 53, which inclines downwardly from the point 54, Where itlis attached to the plate 49,'to its end 55. The n l and is provided with an aperture 56, for the free passage of the '-needle therein. The tongue 53, is generally circular in. its outer contour, Which is. the active part, andatone partit projects laterally beyond the plate 49, and then'- gradually re- 12o cedes4 Within the outer line 'ofthe plate 49, incliningr downwardlyffrom` that part Where it extends beyond the. plate '49. The edge 57,

of the plate 49', preferably, though not necessarily is nearly circular, and flat. At lone portion herer sho-Wn as 58, the tongue 53, projects beyond the edge of the plate 49, preferably about one half the diameter of the beads of the string 48: At the point 59,

tongue-'gradually' recedes within the con-` 13( effi I have simply shown 'this form",5 'n

3.5 A i partially-around the around rthe needle 28,. which was previously space, at the' point" p '53, and plate 49, is preferably tour of the plate, until-'at the point 60, it is within the lateral limits thereof, and the 59,' between'the tongue about the same as the length of the-beads.' The beads 48a, on the thread trein-rather loose Jformation, and., the v'thread may be drawn more or less through the beads,

while the beads may be moved relative to their position shown to whichthread, and separated apart on their thread. Let it be assumed that the looper isin the it is'brought `when the rod 36, is inl the'left hand position in will lie through thelooper body,

' around the lhook Vwhich will V lwillihave no beads thereon,V if the machirie Vhas just been placed in condition for startedgev of the y ,30

thread through the fabric.

ing. .The beads will thusbe held back by the, `plate 49. The reciprocation of caused by the operating connec-,

the rod 36, tions v described, to revolve thelooper. the end of 'theV `tube 45, will describe a partialcircle around the axis of the looper,I when the. thread 48", will be caused to `travel plate 49,v and 'partially the right will partially passed through the fabric and through the `aperture 56, inthe plate 49. This is for the` Vpurpose of casting in the well known'manner a loop around the needle whereby the latter in its descent, will carry a loop ofthe When the looper I performed thismovemerrt. it carried the edge vof the plate.l

thread around vthe .edge of theplate 49. until itcame about to the point' 62, of the plate. The distance of the edge of the plate 49, from the axis of the looper 4gradually decreases froin about the point- 60, to the point- 64, `wherejthe thread is brought by the looper in making the vmovement described.

When the thread travelsaroundit leaves contact with the plate 49,. at about the point 59, thereafter it travelsin contact with theL tongue 53, which here `extends slight-ly beyond the vplate and is. on the `same circle as the other part of the `When in the last movement the thread is swung around the edge of the plate andit-contaetswith the tongue-fniachine i's avoided since the present ma- .chine, is adapted f 'at 65" which is Slight-ubeiow the partum `beads will be `allowed to travel down be'cpus.

of the vertical space l between the y,plat`e\=49, and tongue. The lowermost bead will drop downzuntilitslower edge Vrests `,onthefupper',

' As the `looper revolves, l

preferably continued l lsurface of the tongue. The needle Will 4have andupon its descent it downi through the fabric.

` At about Qthe same time the looper will be reversed in" its cuts in .between the lowermost bead and the one above it.- HWhen the lowermost bead is carried around far ,enough sothat the thread -1s engaged V'by the plate49, and not by the tongue the lowermost bead will lose the sup- 'port of the tongue, p the edge ofthe plate, it will therefore drop down the thread and against the fabric -near the stitch just formed by the needle. lfThe bead which was next to the one thus spaced will be held up by the -edge ofthe plate 49. We now have a stitohformed o-f the thread,

The fabric will now be fed forward in wel] fknown ma; ner by a suit-able feeding device. The? needle will nowibefagain advanced through the fabric and the looper will be rotated as needle. This time, asl the tube'45, reaches the point. 65, the bead Vwhich was resting onv plate-49, now dropsdown onto the tongue. The needle'recedes from the fabric, carrying a second loop therethrough to f a-second stitch. This second stitchwill formed in the thread beyondthe. bead which was separated in the previous operation, so

is firmly .held upon the fabric. The return movement `of the looper 'now carriesV the lthread 'back around the'tongue,

As it does so the bead which dropped tothe tongue will ride downl thereon, and finally dropdown to the fabric, leaving the Ones above it held up by the plate 49. This s "acingv orfeedin of. the Vbeads, along t eir thread prefera ly takes place at eachlstitch. The above operations may ,bef repeated very rapidly and the machinekwill vhavevno extra burden thrown'on it.

beads,las well as Atheirpreparation, vfor lthe to utilize beads lstrung lloosely on a single thread.-l p Thev4 finished product is very pleasingbecause Athe beads 'are regularly spaced' and-rmlyv held in regular order, by the intermediate. stitcheswith movement and the tube 45, will describe a I this `takes ,place the edge of the plate 49,v

From the above it will be `apparent that l the machine is very simple in its operation. y Much of the cost of the Yapplication of the v .caught the loop cast by the looper, around it will carry the' loopl and as it is no w below land ahead between the loo-per and fabric.

before to cast a loop around the that that bead lies between two stitches'and and plate.

' .no additional threads to cause them to lie' irregularly and -destroyethe appearance of the decoration. p AIt will be apparent'that though my invention in the form herein show n,4 is very simple and effective, lnevertheless changes may be made without departing from the scope of the annexed claims.

`It will be understood that spangles or any other small articles which can be strung on the sewing thread may be attached with a machine of'this character.

Having described my inventionv what I' claim is:

l. In a bead sewing machine a fabric, a sewing hook adapted to pierce the fabric 4and to carryV said loops the fabric,

beads on the thread looper, whereby the beads will -be fed in of said hook and looper. p

2. In a bead sewing machine Va sewing arranged tion of through the fabric to cast a thread loop over the porwhereby the loop will be drawn through the fabric upon the retraction of said hook, and means operating between the said looper` and the fabric, and adapted to separate'beads ony the thread which is cast into loops by said looper, for the purpose fof regularly feeding beads on said thread relative to the stitching operaj tions of said hook and looper;

3.1 In a. bead sewing machine a looper through which a string of beads is adapted to be'fed, said looper being adapted to form loops of said bead string around a sewlng hook,a sewing hook adapted to pierce the fabric 'and' to engage the loops formed by said looper, and means of said string to feed along their thread in definite relation to the stitching operations of said sewinghook.

,-4. In a bead sewing machine, stitching mechanism, comprising a looper adapted to form loops of the sewing thread on one side of the fabric, a sewing hook arranged to pierce the fabric from the opposite side to that on which said loops are formed, and to engage said loops for the purpose of drawing them'through the fabric and a separator acting on beads on the thread which is cast by said looper, to cause the beads to feed in regular orderv to the stitching mechanism i and arranged whereby the relative movement of said looper and separator will cause the separation of the beads.

5. In a bead sewing machine, stitching mechanism, comprising a ysewing hook arranged to pierce the fabric, an oscillating `thread' which is cast` by looper arranged to-cast loops on one side of thei embodying an'eedjle,

through 4and means operating between" said looper and the fabric forV separating which is cast' -by said' said sewing hook whichl extendsed to move the for causing the beadslooper arranged on the opposite side of the fabric from said sewing'hook and adapted to cast-loops around said hook when the lat'- ter is projected through the fabric anda separator adapted to act upon beads on the said looper, and adapted'to cause the separation of a bead on said thread from thosebeyondht,` upon one of the oscillatory movements of said looper,

andto-feed the said'separated bead upon the return oscillation of the looper, whereby said beads will be fed in regular yorder along the v sewing thread relatively to the stitching operations; l g

f 6. A device of the character described,

a loop over the needle and meansinterposed between the needle and looper`A comprising a plate,adapted to support beads on the sewand a looper for casting ing thread-between the looper and fabric,

having a tongue for support/ing the lowermost bead while it being separated fr om the `beads` succeeding,"the said looper belng l adapted to move thethread relative to said plate, and tongue, during its loop casting movement, to cause theseparation of a bead. 7..A' device fof the character described, embodying a needle, an oscillating looper,

from whichthe thread is adapted to befed, said looper being adapted to cast loops over the needle, a plate adapted to support beads on the sewing thread, and arranged'between the looper and fabric, means for supporting the heads, on a plane below the supporting position of the plate,.said looper being adapty thread relative to said supi' ports whereby the lower bead will move from its vfirst to its second support and be separated from the succeeding beads by the said plate.

8. A'device of the` character described, embodying a needle, a plate' above the fabric, having a tongue projecting laterally beyond the edge 'of the plate fora portion of the circumference'of the latter, said tongue inclining downwardly, and an oscillating looper adapted to move the sewing thread back Aand forth around the edge of said plate whereby the sewing thread will engage the edge of said plate for a portion of its movement and engage said' tongue duringanother por- -tion of its movement, for the purpose set ledge extending beyond the edge of said' plate, where the latter curves 1nwardly,rthe p.

edge said: tongue-being slibstantially eoi bead bythe edge of the plate, and then dislo extensive with the curve of the circular part charged from said tongue. 0f 'said plate, the said looper being arranged Signed at the'ety, conty and'State of to' carry theA 'sewing thread back and forth N ew` Yorkthis'30th day of June 1-911. aainst the edge 'of said plate and tongue,

ereby beads on the sewlngA thread Will be f JOSEPH 'A' GROEBLI' Y supported during partof the movement by Witnesses:

the edge of theA plate," then' yby the tongue, 4WM. G. MILLER, and finally -be separatedfrom a succeeding HENRY EGLI'.

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